Some authorities are cracking down. Fujikawaguchiko, a town near Mount Fuji, cancelled this year's cherry blossom festival ...

With the end of Japan’s scorching and sweaty summer in sight, and autumn’s plethora of food, cultural, and sports events ...

Japan is as much about adventures in the midst of wondrously diverse nature as it is about giant cities. And now you can have ...

At least 14 people died after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit Japan’s southern Kumamoto prefecture on Tuesday. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said “every second counts” as thousands of military ...

Osaka? Fukuoka? Sapporo? The race is on to be second to Tokyo — and to claim the prestige and money that could come with it.

TOKYO, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Japan's government aims to keep new government bond issuance to around 40 trillion yen ($251 ...

A major earthquake in Japan's southwest killed at least 13 people and left several injured or missing after a shopping center and a paper mill were heavily damaged.

Almost no other country in the world is rocked by such frequent and damaging earthquakes as Japan, which sits on the boundary of four tectonic plates.

The Kinki region has an unusually high concentration of active faults, largely because of the expansion of the Sea of Japan ...